Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-05
RAILROAD CoNGREssMEN.
The Senate Passes the Attorney Bill
as Amended by Mr.. Hoar.


as Amended by Mr.. Hoar.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.--The Senate to-
day resumed consideration OF the railroad
attorneys bill, after speech by Mr.. Will
son OF Iowa in favor of the principle of
the bill. The first vote was taken on the
amendment offered by MIR. Hoar, making
it unlawful for member OF Congress to
accept EN- plOyment as an attorney in op-
position to the United States in any case
to which the United States may be a
party, or in which its interests
may be concerned, or from
any subsidized railroad company if such
member has cause to believe that meas
ures specially affecting the interests of
such railroad are pending before Con-
gress or are about to be so pending dur
ing his term of office. The amendment,
which was in the nature of substitute
TO the original bill, was agreed to by a
vote of 26 yeas to 81 nays.
SALISBURY STILL WORSE.
A long discussion followed upon
another amendment offered by Mr..
Salisbury, intended as a substitute
for the bill as it stood after the adoption
of Mr.. Hoar's substitute. Mr.. Sauls-
bury's amendment did not provide any
punishment for the otfense described in
the bill but merely placed the seal of con-
demnation upon 1t.
Mr.. Beck opposed it as being a mere
waste of words.
Mr.. Hoar's amendment, he held, had
killed the BILL and MIR. Saulsbury's only
tended 10 bury it little more decently in
its grave.
AT O'Clock a vote upon the passage of
the bill as amended was taken, and it was
passed by vote of 80 yeas to IA nays,
virtually in the same shape as Mr..
Boar's substitute.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
MIR. Beck demanded the yeas and nays
upon the passage Of the bill, stating that
there was nothing in it he cared much
about, but that the House OF Representa-
tives might put something in it, and he
wasted 10 give the House a chance.
The vote on the bill in detail was as
follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Beck,
Berry, Blackburn. Blair, Butler. Chenev,
COckrell, Coke, Conger. Cullom, Dawes
Doph, Eustis, Fair, Frye, George, German.
Hale, Hawley, Ho2r. Jones of Arkansas
Jones of Nevada. Manderson. Mitchell OF
Pennsylvania, Morrill,, Palmer. Riddleberger
Sherman, SpOOner. Van WICK Vest, Voorhees,,
Walthall, Whitthorne, Williams, Wilson OF
Iowa. Wilson of Maryland-39.
.NAYS-Messrs. Call, Cameron, Farwell,
Gray. Hampton, Mcmillan, Malone, Mitchell
OF Oregon. Payne. Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer,
Stanford, Teler-l4.
TEXT OF THE BILL.
Following is the text of the bill: That
il shall be unlawful tor any member of
either house of Congress to accept en-
ployment as an attorney at law or paw
ment for services of any kind in opposi-
tion to the United States in anv case to
which the United States may be a party,
or in which its interests may be CON
cerned. or from any railroad company, if
such member shall have reasonable cause
to believe that measures specially affect
ing the interests of such company are
pending before Congress, or are about to
be so pending during his term of office
Any person who violates the provisions
of this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and may be punished by impris-
onment not exceeding one year or by a
fine not exceeding $500, or by both, in the
discretion OF the court.